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What do the Dems need to do on a policy front?
cc @speakerpelosi, @joebiden, @senschumer

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Do or Do not. There is no try. - Yoda

For starters they need to get shit done. No more talking. Make people's lives better immediately.

Some claim there's no difference
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between R's and D's. And for some people, it's kinda true. Dems TRY and make the average person's life better and R's stop them, but the net effect is - no difference.

So, for starters Dems must actually do some good things: $2,000 stimulus checks, vaccine deployment,

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student loan forgiveness, health care expansion, more $ for education, LGBT protections, environmental reforms etc...

But HOW you might ask?

2. Think like the Turtle.

Dems get all caught up in process and policy and procedure. They think every legislative change needs 3
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months of hearing and testimony. Don't get me wrong. That is a good way of coming up with fair and effective public policy. But, it's time to get shit done fast.

McConnell has lobbyists write bills at 3 am and moves them through committee by noon. He can push dozens of

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judicial nominees through in an afternoon. Why? Cause he knows it's about just delivering for his constituents. Dems worry about losing marginal seats in the next election...

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when the reality is most people will have forgotten about any particular vote by the time the next episode of the Bachelor comes on.

We need to follow their strategy:

3. Flood the zone.

Basically, Pelosi, Biden, and Schumer should sit down and make a list of all the
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stuff they want to do- DC and PR statehood, student loan forgiveness, adding SCOTUS justices, getting $ in the hands of struggling people, adding to the social safety net, etc...
Then decide how it should be done- EO, executive orders, admin rule and then... wait for it...
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they should just do it. They should also add in some red meat to their base - like a MAGA hat ban- that will end up getting overturned in the courts, but sucks the oxygen out of the fight for the real stuff.

But Ned... you say... how will we get the 60 votes we need in
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the Senate? We don't need 60. Have some balls and just end the filibuster. The R's govern like it doesn't exist anyways. Stop pretending it does.

We govern with one hand tied behind our back. It's stupid and counterproductive.

And, if you're really worried about swing
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districts in the next election, here's the deal- GET SHIT DONE FOR PEOPLE and I guarantee you, that will take care of itself.

My philosophy on governing- figure out what you believe, tell people, deliver on it.. They'll respect you for it. Even if they don't always agree.
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